Barber&#39;s comb.



E. J. SHEFFIELD.

BARBERS 00MB.

APPLICATION I'ILBD MAR. 25, 1909.

937,475, r Patented Oct. 19,1909.

55 3 may/a0 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EDWIN SHEFFIELD, 0J3 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARBERS COMB.

Application filed March 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. SHEFFIELD, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbers Combs, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a hair-cutting gage comb.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a comb constructed in accordance with my. invention, showing the comb, gage and handle, the gage and handle being shown as made of one piece. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showing the comb in use, being engaged with the hair of the head, but not in position for the hair-cutting operation. Fig. 3 is a. view similar to Fig. 2, showing the comb nearly in position for the cutting of the hair, the comb being removed from the head with the hair lying between the teeth of the comb and drawn straight, the back of the gage resting on the scalp and thus determining the distance of the comb from the scalp, or the point at which the hair is to be cut.

The same references indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 represents the back, and 2 the teeth of the comb, which may be of metal, or any preferred material.

3 represents a handle, here shown as wire twisted together at 4 near the point where the handle is joined to the comb, one of the wires 5, being bent substantially at right angles to the axis of the handle and secured at one end of the comb. The other wire is bent as a member 6, at substantially right angles to the back of the comb, but in the opposite direction from the part 5. The wire is then bent to form the part 7, parallel with the back, and again bent forming the part 8 at right angles to the part 7, the end of the part 8 being secured to the end of the comb opposite that to which the end of the part 5 is secured. The length of the parts (3 and 8 is arranged so that the part 7 may be parallel with the comb and at any desired distance from the comb. The distance of the comb from the scalp gages the point at which the hair 9 is to be out, the part 7 resting against the scalp l0 and the hair being out along the face of the comb. It will thus be seen that, in effect, the distance. between the comb and the scalp represents the length of the hair after it is cut, and the length of the parts 5, 6 and 8, to give this requisite dis- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909. 1909. Serial No. 485,579.

tance, will be varied, as desired. While such variation might be secured by ordinary forms of adjusting members, I prefer to make the arts solid, using diiferent combs having different distances between the comb and gage for different lengths of hair.

The drawings show a comb intended for use by a person accustomed to hold the shears in the right hand, the comb being held in the left hand. Of course, if a left-handed person were to have one of these devices, a corresponding change of position of the parts shown in Fig. 1 would be necessary.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, with the above explanation, the operator takes the comb in the left hand and places the points of the teeth against the scalp, and gradually rotates the comb on the axis of the handle and draws the teeth into the hair until the gage, or part 7, rests against the scalp, with the member 8 substantially at right angles to the scalp, or with the part 8 occupying practically the position occupied by the teeth in Fig. 2. 111 Fig. 8 the device has not been rotated to the cutting position, which would be reached when the gage 7 engaged the scalp slightly higher up than indicated in Fig. 3, so that the part 8 would be at right angles generally to the plane of the scalp. In this position the hair will be drawn in straight between the teeth, ready for cutting along the face of the comb, which at each cutting operation, will leave the hair at a predetermined length, to wit, the distance between the comb and gage 7 By this arrangement the hair can be readily cut to the desired length, which will be uniform wherever that particular length is desired. If it is desired to have the hair in the neck out shorter, for instance, a gage comb having a shorter space could be used. Such a device makes it possible for persons other than professional barbers to cut the hair accurately and at a uniform length.

I claim 2- 1. A hair-cutting gage comprising a comb, a handle, and a gage bar rigidly connected to the back of the comb.

2. A hair-cutting gage comprising a comb, a handle, and a gage connected at its ends to the back of the comb.

3. A hair-cutting gage comb comprising a handle, a gage bar extending longitudinally of the handle at one end thereof, a "1 end of the gage bar, and a comb of which the back is affixed to said transverse bars so as to extend in the same direction as the handle and gage bar.

4. A hair-cutting gage comb comprising a comb, a gage bar adapted to lie against the scalp, and connected to the back of the comb so as to support the comb away from the scalp substantially parallel thereto, and l a handle extending from one end of the comb 10 whereby the comb may be rocked upon the gage bar.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN J. SHEFFIELD. WVitnesses F. R. RoNLs'roNE, P. W. PEZZETTI. 

